Where does “spessissimo” come from?

spessissimo (Italian) comes from Italian spesso, from Latin spissus, from Proto-Indo-European spidtos.

spessissimo (Italian): very often

Definitions

  1. very often

Ancestry of “spessissimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianspessothick, dense; often
2Latinspissusthick, close, compact, dense, crowded; slow,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspidtos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European spidtos →Every word from Latin spissus →Every word from Italian spesso →